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Letter from David Christie Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'The hodograph transformation in trans-sonic flow. II. Auxiliary theorems on the hypergeometric functions' by Michael James Lighthill to George Frederick James Temple

Reference number: RR/70/154

Date: 09 May 1947

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Asks if he thinks the figures should all be printed and notes that paper shortages are relaxed now.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1947].

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RR/70/154
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09 May 1947
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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George Frederick James Temple

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George Frederick James Temple, Letter from David Christie Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'The hodograph transformation in trans-sonic flow. II. Auxiliary theorems on the hypergeometric functions' by Michael James Lighthill to George Frederick James Temple, 09 May 1947, RR/70/154, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_70_154/letter-from-david-christie-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-on-a-paper-the-hodograph-transformation-in-trans-sonic-flow-ii-auxiliary-theorems-on-the-hypergeometric-functions-by-michael-james-lighthill-to-george-frederick-james-temple, accessed on 14 December 2025

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